Temple of the Sebastoi

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The Temple of the Sebastoi in Ephesus, formerly called the Temple of Domitian, is a Roman temple dedicated to the Imperial cult of the Flavian dynasty. It was dedicated in CE 89/90 under the reign of Domitian. Its contemporary name is known from an adjacent inscription. [1]

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"Sebastoi" (lit.'venerable ones') refers to the imperial dynasty; it is the plural of sebastos , the Greek rendering of the Roman imperial title Augustus .

The city of Ephesus was the first to be named neokoros (lit. 'temple-warden') thanks to this temple. [1]

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  1. 1 2 Steven J. Friesen, Imperial Cults and the Apocalypse of John, 2001, p. 43-55

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